ABG President Chief DR.JOHN MOMIS says that the people of Bougainville will have to make the decision to re-open the Closed Panguna mine or not.
This is not the decision of his government.
He made these remarks at the Official Opening of the Bougainville Women's Forum on mining at the the Hutjena Secondary School hall in Buka this morning.
President MOMIS said that the women have the power to decide for themselves and can not be pushed around by the ABG or anybody on this issue.
The two days Womens Forum on mining is the last of the several forums organized throughout the region by the Mining Division to get views from all sectors of the Bougainville Community on the future of the Panguna mine.
President Momis said that claims by some leaders as the ABG is getting all the supporters to re-open the mine is not true as these forums are avenues where the government can get opinions from the people.
The meeting is been attended by more
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